Is Marisha a boy or girl name?

Marisha is a girl’s name. Of the 1,547 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Marisha

Recorded 1955–2024 · United States

Marisha was most popular in 1992, when 72 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,194 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,547 people named Marisha.

Marisha over time

Births per year. The dot marks Marisha’s peak in 1992. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Marisha a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Marisha is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,547 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Marisha

Where Marisha is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org